Reading Orwell today: on freedom and the right to tell people what they don’t want to hear

At sea amongst circus dogs & newspeak Books such as Animal Farm and 1984 are known worldwide, but what is George Orwell's relevance today, how prescient were his predictions, how do his writings inform us about our own situations and what impact has his work had posthumously? Watch the video highlights!

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Latest Recordings

The virtues of dissent

Philippe Narval speaks to Heide Schmidt about her journey from the FPÖ to the NEOS, about how to define populism and what we can and should do to counteract its more negative manifestations.

What is liberalism?

Liberalism has many faces, but all seem to have come into the firing line of late, why is this and what does it mean to be a liberal in the twenty-first century? Is there a growing disenchantment with economically liberal ideas or are we witnessing infighting within liberalism?

Re:Thinking Europe: with Philipp Blom & Kalypso Nicolaidis

De Balie honour the memory of Isaiah Berlin and speak to Philipp Blom and Kalypso Nicolaïdis about the future of Europe. Is empathy between nations key and what might encourage people to engage in the European project?

Angela Davis: revolution today

Angela Davis is a political activist and professor emeritus of philosophy. Known for her work for human rights and her opposition to racial discrimination, this lecture saw her discuss the meaning of revolution in our times.

Protesting and contesting

In the past few years social injustice, corruption, election fraud and media censorship have led to protests, solidarity actions & strikes. A debate on how resistance can trigger change, either in the realm of political mechanisms or in a new form of solidarity for future actions.

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